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Sara Clifford

SARA CLIFFORD

  
Nationality:    British
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Sara is a playwright with over twenty five plays to her name, including work for the Soho Theatre, York Theatre Royal and Oxfordshire Touring Theatre. Her play, A Thousand Days, was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, for women who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre.

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         And His Name Was Jim         Bhangra, Babylon and The Blues Incorporating If Paradise...         Breaking The Ice         Cell Mates         Chasing the Dragon         Choice         Cinnamon Veil, The         Dark Room, The         Deux Soeurs/Earthquake         End of the Line         Fires in the Fields         Grin And Bear It         Head Over Heels         Home Fires         Kit de Survie         Liams Story         Non         Only Drowning Men         Our Dancing Feet         Port, the Beast and the Traveller, The         Sexfiles         Silence is Golden         Special Relationship, A         Stop         Taking Liberties         Thousand Days, A         Tongue Tied         Wedding Story

And His Name Was Jim

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1st Produced:
Grove, W10, London    1991

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Play/Drama

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Bhangra, Babylon and The Blues Incorporating If Paradise...

Synopsis:
Bringing together musicians from all over the world, the Grand Union has forged a reputation for bold, large-scale music shows.

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Music Tony Haynes. Lyrics Sara Clifford. Lyrics Masud Ahamed

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Grand Union Orchestra

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Genre:
concert

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Breaking The Ice

Synopsis:
A new play for under 8's. The world is turning into an icy landscape. Even the sun and moon are beginning to freeze. Sola has to understand what is happening in order to reverse the process. Searching for the answer, Sola take on the other elements. She is swept up in the wild dance of a storm as her quest begins. All the while, a mysterious force, Dua, is guiding Sola on her way. Breaking the Iceowes much of its inspiration to Cuban legends and beliefs about the eternal battle of the elements surrounding the spirit of individuality.

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Pop-Up Theatre

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TYA

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Cell Mates

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1st Produced:
National Theatre Education/Y Touring  Theatre of Debate Project    -

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Y Touring Theatre

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Genre:
TIE

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Chasing the Dragon

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Choice

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Cinnamon Veil, The

Synopsis:
Told in the style of the Arabian Nights, this voyage of discovery lures us across uncharted seas in the cut-throat search for the scents of Eden; magical, healing spices worth more than their weight in diamonds and gold. In a strange world where myth becomes reality, we follow the notorious Vasco da Gama as he crosses the path of Sinbad.

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1st Produced:
Chatham: Brook Theatre    29 Sep 2000

Organisations:
Theatre Melange

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dark Room, The

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Triple Bill at Finborough    -

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Deux Soeurs/Earthquake

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1st Produced:
Paris    Autumn 2011

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End of the Line

Synopsis:
One-act play written with the on-line help of What's on Stage readers. Whatsonstage.com website.

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Genre:
interactive one act

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Fires in the Fields

Synopsis:
A Sussex town, 1606, exactly one year after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, and life for ordinary people is still fraught with secrets and suspicions. Two brothers struggle to conceal their religious and political differences, as the first bonfire celebrations reach a frenzied climax. Throughout the script of this play, Sara Clifford has woven verbatim text from interviews with modern day Lewes Bonfire Society members, commenting and reflecting on the rituals and traditions of their local celebrations. Is it just good-humoured nonsense or something darker? And what resonances does it have with England in the twenty first century, on this the 400th anniversary of the infamous plot?

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Genre:
historical play

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Grin And Bear It

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Organisations:
Soho Theatre

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Play/Drama

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Head Over Heels

Synopsis:
eighty year old Gracie falls over on her way to bed. as she lies waiting for her husband to find her - her mind drifts back

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1st Produced:
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford    14 Jun 2007

Organisations:
Pegasus Theatre

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Drama

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Home Fires

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1st Produced:
Newhaven Fort    2015

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Genre:
site specific theatre piece

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Kit de Survie

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1st Produced:
Scene Nationale de la Guadeloupe    -

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Liams Story

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co-written with Oyster Project members

1st Produced:
East Sussex Records Office/Chailey Heritage School    -

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Genre:
TIE

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Non

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Notes:
written by Sara Clifford and Denis Baronnet

1st Produced:
Afrodita Theatre company, Rome    2013

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Only Drowning Men

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Organisations:
commissioned by Soho Theatre

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Our Dancing Feet

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1st Produced:
Brighton    2013

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Port, the Beast and the Traveller, The

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1st Produced:
Newhaven    Sep 2012

Organisations:
ZAP Art

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site specific play

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Sexfiles

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1st Produced:
Haringey/Enfield schools tour    -

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Genre:
TIE

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Silence is Golden

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1st Produced:
St Christophers Hospice    -

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Genre:
erbatim/scripted piece

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Special Relationship, A

Synopsis:
Sam is black, 25 and on Death Row. Barbara is white, British and old enough to be his mother. They forge a relationship through their letters, bridging nationality, class and gender. But now they are to meet for the first time. . .

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3-Legged Co

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Stop

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1st Produced:
Greenwich Young Peoples Theatre schools tour    -

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Genre:
TIE

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Taking Liberties

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Organisations:
Matrix Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Thousand Days, A

Synopsis:
Parallels the country's expectations of Oliver Cromwell with our sense of betrayal at New Labour 300 years later.

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Organisations:
3-Legged Co

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Tongue Tied

Synopsis:
an imprisoned writer faces the choice between speaking her mind or protecting her family.

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Organisations:
London New Play Festival

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Genre:
short piece

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Further Reference:
Theatre record 1966 Page 1264

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Wedding Story

Synopsis:
Once upon a time, there was a wedding. And everybody loves a wedding! But why is there a boy hiding underneath the table, hiding away whilst his mum, his grandmother and his new step-father search for him. Wedding Story tells the story of a child whose fears about a new family lead him on an imaginary journey featuring castles, colossal wedding-cakes, and fearsome pickled onions! Featuring live music, magic, animation and juggling, this engaging new play explores the challenges of a child trying to come to terms with a changing world.

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Nottingham Playhouse Roundabout

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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